The days of the Triduum Sacrum, the three holy days known as Maundy Thursday,
Good Friday and the Easter Vigil, offer a powerful doorway into the mystery of
the Christian faith. What they tell us is that new life comes at a cost, it's
not something that comes whenever you choose as you might decide on a makeover
or somewhere different to go for your holiday. Nor will new life come by
singing more choruses or screwing yourself up. It comes as we decide to die to
live.
The Triduum outlines all that our faith is about – service through love, Christ known beneath the outer forms of creation and life through death. I'm dying to live might be the motto of these days. Christianity is the costly antidote to so much superficiality which masquerades as offering a better life. But you need to embrace and participate in those three days rather than avoid them if you’re to understand this faith. Is there any other way to deepen it?
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